Artist

Severin Roesen

born Cologne, Germany 1815-died after 1872
Also known as
  • S. Rosen
  • Severin Rösen
Born
Cologne, Germany
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
  • Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Severin Roesen, one of many German refugees from the 1848 peasant revolutions in Europe, brought to the United States high standards of craftsmanship. His work was modeled after seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century Dutch painting. His hyper-real still lifes graced many dining rooms in the homes of collectors who recognized his exceptional skill. These paintings were seen as representing nature's abundance and the sanctity of the New World. Roesen often utilized the tendrils of grape foliage to form his ornate signature.

Amy Pastan Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (New York and Washington, D.C.: Watson-Guptill Publications, in cooperation with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2000)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Eugene Kormendi, Head of a Young Man, 1940, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Kormendi, 1964.4.4
Head of a Young Man
Artist
Date1940
marble
On view
Eugene Kormendi, Mother and Child, n.d., wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Kormendi, 1964.4.1
Mother and Child
Artist
Daten.d.
wood
On view
Eugene Kormendi, St. Francis of Assisi, n.d., wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Kormendi, 1964.4.2
St. Francis of Assisi
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Daten.d.
wood
Not on view
Eugene Kormendi, Figure Group, n.d., wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Kormendi, 1964.4.3
Figure Group
Artist
Daten.d.
wood
Not on view